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but rapid urbanization is turning fields into cities disrupting the natural flow of water. and there's rising concern that could dampen economic growth in the future. nhk world has more. >> translator: after widespread floods in the capital. more than 40 residents died and another 45,000 were forced into temporary shelters. the city center was submerged under water as deep as one meter. cars and buses were stranded. some businesses and factories were forced to close. for many foreign companies operating in jakarta, it was the case of deja vu. they suffered similar damage during the 2007 rainey season. since then, many foreign foundries have implemented anti-flood measures. this company changed its entrance to 46 inch meters aboveground level. >> translator: we suffered damage from flooding twice in the past. we took a lesson from those experiences. and decided to take counter measures on our own. our building has a system to drain water as well as a pumping device to discharge water when it starts coming in. >> translator: this is transforming the landscape around jakarta.
but rapid urbanization is turning fields into cities disrupting the natural flow of water. and there's rising concern that could dampen economic growth in the future. nhk world has more. >> translator: after widespread floods in the capital. more than 40 residents died and another 45,000 were forced into temporary shelters. the city center was submerged under water as deep as one meter. cars and buses were stranded. some businesses and factories were forced to close. for many foreign...
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. >> yes. >> reporter: the children then took me across the street here in new york city, on their way to the famous carnegie hall, where they were set to perform. they had been here three days, to a famous new york diner. they were tapping firngs on to lady gaga. we showed them something they hadn't seen. this is starbucks. it's very american. do you want a hot chocolate? outside. a bit of a struggle. now drink it. ready? but then we were on to that famous hall. for one last rehearsal. off they went. good luck. out on the renowned stage, after telling me this. are you nervous? >> no, i'm not. >> reporter: you're not nervous? it's carnegie hall. just a few hours later, they were dressed. the sold-out crowd was waiting. the moment had arrived for the kids from kabul. gulalei, eraj, dream playing out half way across the world. ♪ [ applause ] >> reporter: and so when choose the afghanistan national institute of music and my two friends. to determined to perform here. they did. i'll see you later for the special "20/20." good night.
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the biggest the biggest point here is that this meter landed so far away from the city and it didn't hit any industrial facilities and there are so many around off the city in this area that the consequences could have been much worse when you arrived at the city today in china banks get did you see a lot of damage that it looked like it was an area that had experience at a pretty momentous event. well at the moment it looks quite normal as far as i understand most of the people already have repaired. the windows in the flats or even in schools because this is that we are in the year also it is quite cold here this is an additional additional problem but no. serious damage is seen but the authorities did announce a state of emergency in the area affected by the media or but nevertheless in the first few hours after it hits there were severe problems with phone connection and it still caused panic since people were calling each other trying to figure out what's happening there were so many rumors like i said from a fall and satellites all the way to the start of the end of the world.
the biggest the biggest point here is that this meter landed so far away from the city and it didn't hit any industrial facilities and there are so many around off the city in this area that the consequences could have been much worse when you arrived at the city today in china banks get did you see a lot of damage that it looked like it was an area that had experience at a pretty momentous event. well at the moment it looks quite normal as far as i understand most of the people already have...
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we're here live from the great city of tampa. no that was -- [cheers and applause] good memories. just good memories. we have a great one for you tonight. our guest fawzia koofi, an incredible woman, running to be president of afghanistan. you heard me right, woman, afghanistan, presidency. very excited to be speaking to hemple incredible story. we're going to turn to one of our favorite nights of year. hot off the presses one day old expanded coverage of last night's state of the union address. president barack obama hits the floor for some reason with republican congressman eric cantor in tow in no way making this seem like a charismatic star performer walking the red carpet with his agent. baby doll we gotta move. mario lopez has a satellite window we have to him. [laughter] [cheers and applause] i'm sore i'm -- sorry. just sweat age bit. i'm just going to, just going to -- get something to drink here. [laughter] just so thirsty i can't -- sorry. should have drank something before the show. i don't know why i didn't think after this. anyway it's the state of union so as the lat
we're here live from the great city of tampa. no that was -- [cheers and applause] good memories. just good memories. we have a great one for you tonight. our guest fawzia koofi, an incredible woman, running to be president of afghanistan. you heard me right, woman, afghanistan, presidency. very excited to be speaking to hemple incredible story. we're going to turn to one of our favorite nights of year. hot off the presses one day old expanded coverage of last night's state of the union...
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the sad real city i've listened to many republican senators who are not going vote for chuck hagel come up and talk about how important it is to fill the position. the north koreans detonate nuclear devices this week and raise concerns over the part of the world and beyond. we know what is going on in the middle east in syria and other places. we still have 68,000 plus american soldiers who are literally risking their lives while we meet in the comfort and security of the senate chamber in afghanistan they are risking their lives and we are saying, well, we would like to appoint a secretary of defense. we have to make a political point here today. we have to vote against him today and put off for ten days. we may reconsider again. god for bid something awful occurs. i hope doesn't. there are still good people at the pentagon. i'm sure they'll do a good job. we should have that secretary of defense. one of the most critical appointment in the president's cabinet filled. the notion we have to make a political stand here and stop chuck hagel today to make some political point troubles me.
the sad real city i've listened to many republican senators who are not going vote for chuck hagel come up and talk about how important it is to fill the position. the north koreans detonate nuclear devices this week and raise concerns over the part of the world and beyond. we know what is going on in the middle east in syria and other places. we still have 68,000 plus american soldiers who are literally risking their lives while we meet in the comfort and security of the senate chamber in...
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get the nokia lumia 822 in red for free and discover all the things to do on the go with city lens. or the droid razr m by motorola in pink for $49.99. everything droid does in an edge-to-edge display. hurry in, because the sale ends february 20th. powerful devices. powerful network. verizon. and. [applause] watching the coverage of the "state of the union" i hear republicans and democrats thinking will this help republicans? i don't care. so to talk about freedom and prosperity, our freedom loving panel is here to debate this with kathryn mangu-ward and deroy murdoch and michael moynihan what does it mean to you? >> the onslaught will continue. the american people don't expect people to -- the government to solve every problem. >> we have 15 manufacturing hubs. john: and the government has to create that. >> and a college score card i that "u.s. news and world report" gave us updates but now the government will do that. and with federal subsidies, more activity and it will cost a lot of money. >> preschool is appealing to people. >> he just wants to give the kids a head start? >> i
get the nokia lumia 822 in red for free and discover all the things to do on the go with city lens. or the droid razr m by motorola in pink for $49.99. everything droid does in an edge-to-edge display. hurry in, because the sale ends february 20th. powerful devices. powerful network. verizon. and. [applause] watching the coverage of the "state of the union" i hear republicans and democrats thinking will this help republicans? i don't care. so to talk about freedom and prosperity, our...
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picture this is eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery path of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth in the middle of russia one eyewitness was the canadian hockey player michael garnett who gave r.t. a firsthand account of the dramatic arrival. speak bright like shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun and then it was followed by a huge. explosion on board a minute or so later that broke last very same. fixtures were swaying back and forth. point when looked out the window when i saw this giant streak going across the sky like the tail of the cloud of what what had just happened. at that point i knew it was something that came from the sky immediately called one of my teammates who lives in my building and. you know i couldn't get through to him by phone and work so i was a little bit scared at the point the meteor exploded in the earth's atmosphere resulting in multiple fragments falling near populated areas and surprisingly the incident triggered huge panic among
picture this is eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery path of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth in the middle of russia one eyewitness was the canadian hockey player michael garnett who gave r.t. a firsthand account of the dramatic arrival. speak bright like shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun and then it was followed by a huge. explosion on board a minute or so...
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last two days of heavy fighting in the northern city of aleppo it began on wednesday as rebels hit the city's civilian airport in a nearby military airfield control of the international airport and provide a strategic advantage against president assad's forces the conflict in syria's loss of almost two years now with the death toll already over sixty thousand. the british government's program of cuts has resulted in a drastic drop in the number of police officers to the lowest level in over a decade the radical reform package is already spot many security questions. have a chance to ask in peace on both sides of the argument if the fears are reasonable . in the number of police officers up to the lowest levels for eleven years is the impact of a twenty percent cut and whitehall funding to police budgets takes effect which is think more about these. joined by conservative m.p. and britain and labor and. thank you very much to both of you for joining us tim i'm going to start with a lot of the piece that we were speaking with we've got is a bit of you've got these reforms but at the same
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york city area. saturday to saturday night time frame for a little bit of snow. weekend forecast, rain this morning and the cold in the northern plains. rain there in florida. saturday, weak storm in new england. but look at how beautiful it is throughout the entire southern half of the country by the time we get to sunday and the southeast. will slowly begin to warm up. >>> let's turn to sports now and the nba. in oklahoma city a rematch of last year's nba finals. thunder trying to prove they can beat lebron and the heat. it doesn't start well for kevin durant, he doesn't get the call, a little upset, of course, with the turnover, pounds the court, that's a technical. later in the first quarter, scary moment for kevin durant, he goes for the rebound and falls awkwardly on his shoulder, he stays down, refuses to leave the game. ends up scoring 40. lebron looking to keep his scoring streak going. he sinks the three. he elevates and throws down the alley-oop. lebron, another amazing night been but his
york city area. saturday to saturday night time frame for a little bit of snow. weekend forecast, rain this morning and the cold in the northern plains. rain there in florida. saturday, weak storm in new england. but look at how beautiful it is throughout the entire southern half of the country by the time we get to sunday and the southeast. will slowly begin to warm up. >>> let's turn to sports now and the nba. in oklahoma city a rematch of last year's nba finals. thunder trying to...
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hit the city's civilian airport in a nearby military airfield control over the international airport to provide a strategic advantage against president assad's forces conflict in syria has lost it for almost two years now with the death toll already over sixty thousand. the u.s. is funneling money into tracking systems that are threatening to make the very concept of privacy a thing of the past it could mean people's every move being used against them to keep them under surveillance. looks at the future of being watched. the information age was an era nearly everybody in braced by today's surveillance age experts say is a reality almost no one can escape we are five years away in new york from zero privacy from every new yorker being tracked and catalogued and watched and that information being saved for pretty much an indeterminate period of time private investigator steve rom bomb believes america is being landscaped into an eis wide open society through the advancing market of biometrics technology that uses physiological and behavioral recognition to identify people. a system tou
hit the city's civilian airport in a nearby military airfield control over the international airport to provide a strategic advantage against president assad's forces conflict in syria has lost it for almost two years now with the death toll already over sixty thousand. the u.s. is funneling money into tracking systems that are threatening to make the very concept of privacy a thing of the past it could mean people's every move being used against them to keep them under surveillance. looks at...
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hit the city's civilian airport in a nearby military airfield control over the international airport or provide a strategic advantage against president assad's forces the conflict in syria has lasted for almost two years now with the death toll already over sixty thousand. the u.s. is funneling money into tracking systems that are threatening to make the very concept to privacy a thing of the past it could mean people's every move being used against them to keep them under surveillance. looks at the future of being watched. the information age was an era nearly everybody in braced by today's surveillance age experts say is a reality almost no one can escape we are five years away in new york from zero privacy from every new yorker being tracked and catalogued and watched and that information being saved for pretty much an indeterminate period of time private investigator steve rom bomb believes america is being landscaped into an eis wide open society through the advancing market of biometrics technology that uses physiological and behavioral recognition to identify people. a system
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what is your thinking about how we can change that cities good ideas can be heard? >> congressman, it comes down to at the ministry of and congressional demand that the mission itself would be effectively carried out. then there has to be a focus and oversight the best way to do that and whether the department of homeland security is implementing it so the extent that if they go back to the suspects in the defense committee the question is are there better ideas that can infect the incorporated command can refine the methodology to do that other than the general contractor type of approach? as we know, the typical approach of the government particularly the dhs is too high year a big player and the innovative small business people that you're talking about simply become players as subcontractors to read the question is can we find a way to make sure that we are fully engaged in the most innovative small business people as they come up with new and innovative ideas and that is an administrative approach within the congress can rightly demand. >> we now recognize you
what is your thinking about how we can change that cities good ideas can be heard? >> congressman, it comes down to at the ministry of and congressional demand that the mission itself would be effectively carried out. then there has to be a focus and oversight the best way to do that and whether the department of homeland security is implementing it so the extent that if they go back to the suspects in the defense committee the question is are there better ideas that can infect the...
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one of the things that we very much would like to do, which the president address less than the city union is enable homeowners who are paying there bills, who are under water to no fault of their own because of the financial crisis to be able to refinance there loans. right now you have come up to of commerce ron locked into six, seven, 8% mortgages when they should be able to get three and half for 4%. we ought to deal to do that on a bipartisan basis. >> six you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator. >> think you very much, mr. chairman. i appreciate having you here with us today. i want to continue to focus on tax reform as we did in our private discussions. as i have shared with you in my work with the bulls simpson commission and other areas trying to address putting together a comprehensive deficit reduction package in debt reduction package, our view, tax reform as i have heard you say today, a key part of that cannot because of the need to raise revenue, which is where you and i may have some disagreements, but because of the need to generate gr
one of the things that we very much would like to do, which the president address less than the city union is enable homeowners who are paying there bills, who are under water to no fault of their own because of the financial crisis to be able to refinance there loans. right now you have come up to of commerce ron locked into six, seven, 8% mortgages when they should be able to get three and half for 4%. we ought to deal to do that on a bipartisan basis. >> six you very much. thank you,...
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that's more than the new york city, which of course has far more people. so far this year there have been about 50 homicides, even though we're barely through the middle of february. this is a problem this city is facing. it was a problem that the previous mayor had faced, mayor daly, and it's a problem that the current may and the police chief, chief mccarthy, who is here as well, is facing. but i think there has been a lot of call on president obama from this neighborhood, from this community for him to come here and talk about it. they say that he went to tucson and spoke there. he went to newtown and talked there. of course those are the scenes of mass shootings. not really mass shootings here in chicago but when you think about with about 50 homicides so far this year, we've had two newtowns, just over a longer period of time. >> john yang, that's absolutely right. let's back spin as we wait for the president to come out. if you're a 15 to 19-year-old young black man, the number one cause of death is gun violence. when you talk when we talked about th
that's more than the new york city, which of course has far more people. so far this year there have been about 50 homicides, even though we're barely through the middle of february. this is a problem this city is facing. it was a problem that the previous mayor had faced, mayor daly, and it's a problem that the current may and the police chief, chief mccarthy, who is here as well, is facing. but i think there has been a lot of call on president obama from this neighborhood, from this community...
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days of heavy fighting in the northern city of aleppo it began on wednesday as rebels hit the city's civilian airport in a nearby military airfield control of the international airport and provide a strategic advantage against president assad's forces the conflict in syria's loss of almost two years now with the death toll already over sixty thousand. the british government program of cuts has resulted in a drastic drop in the number of police officers to the lowest level in over a decade the...
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it's the inner city lawmakers in chicago. it's these gang members who don't really care much about the law, chris. i mean, i guess we could make it tougher for them to get the guns, from neighboring states, i suppose, but from the looks of it they already have a lot of guns. >> they've got a lot of guns, but look, they did it in virginia. richmond they built a lot of prisons and put a lot of people in prison for a long time and it wasn't researchers at universities who had gun permits and gun cases. it was people who committed crimes with guns, they locked up for a long time. and in time, what happened was the tide abated. it went away as these people were out of circulation. and this is the debate that is raging in the country right now. do you focus on the guns, or do you focus on the people who commit crimes with the guns and this split has never been more effort than in chicago and mayor emanuel is doing everything he can to go after the guns themselves and creating a rift, a split as they try to sort it out. >> a questio
it's the inner city lawmakers in chicago. it's these gang members who don't really care much about the law, chris. i mean, i guess we could make it tougher for them to get the guns, from neighboring states, i suppose, but from the looks of it they already have a lot of guns. >> they've got a lot of guns, but look, they did it in virginia. richmond they built a lot of prisons and put a lot of people in prison for a long time and it wasn't researchers at universities who had gun permits and...
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with half of the population we had, we needed to, i think, sort of reset the city. so that we can have sustainable neighborhoods, where people feel like they live in an intentional place, instead of in a place that's a reminder of what it used to be. a reminder that it's no longer the city that it once was. so one of the things to do, and this is one of the things i'm pushing for, is to get more support from the state and federal government. in this case, the federal government, to remove that blight and abandonment, so that we can have a fresh start and attract business, attract new investment, rebuild infrastructure around a population that's more realistic for this period. >> so, is it simply bulldozing and creating greens? what are the ways you can get rid of this plight? >> reducing the supply of abandoned housing and cleaning up empty factory sites a big one. >> right. when you go through flint, you see these giant, giant, essentially, abandoned factories. >> right. >> and there's always been this hope, well, keep the infrastructure, because maybe somebody wil
with half of the population we had, we needed to, i think, sort of reset the city. so that we can have sustainable neighborhoods, where people feel like they live in an intentional place, instead of in a place that's a reminder of what it used to be. a reminder that it's no longer the city that it once was. so one of the things to do, and this is one of the things i'm pushing for, is to get more support from the state and federal government. in this case, the federal government, to remove that...
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city and the promise that this city holds are in the classroom and in the home. president obama understands that to connect all americans to that vision of a promising future requires that we create real ladders of opportunity. i am pleased he has come home to expand on that vision. ladies and gentlemen, let's give the president a chicago welcome. [playing "hail to the chief"] [applause] >> hey, chicago. hello, chicago. hello, everybody. hello, hyde park. [cheers] it is good to be home. it is good to be home. everybody have a seat, y'all relax. it's just me. y'all know me. it is good to be back home. a couple of people i want to acknowledge -- first of all, i want to thank your mayor, my great friend rahm emanuel for his outstanding leadership of the city and this kind introduction. [applause] i want to thank everybody here at hyde park academy for welcoming me here today. [cheers] i want to acknowledge your principal and your assistant principal, although they really make me feel old, because when i saw them -- where are they? stand up, stand up. they are doing
city and the promise that this city holds are in the classroom and in the home. president obama understands that to connect all americans to that vision of a promising future requires that we create real ladders of opportunity. i am pleased he has come home to expand on that vision. ladies and gentlemen, let's give the president a chicago welcome. [playing "hail to the chief"] [applause] >> hey, chicago. hello, chicago. hello, everybody. hello, hyde park. [cheers] it is good to...
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to the debate which is a big city divide in the united states. would be classic scenes from the receipts or to say new york's someone tell them it's a stop the bloodshed on this one comes to come is coming is there a consensus.
to the debate which is a big city divide in the united states. would be classic scenes from the receipts or to say new york's someone tell them it's a stop the bloodshed on this one comes to come is coming is there a consensus.
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the private sector actually just doesn't produce enough of it for the people that want it. forget about getting people that are outside of it. in new york city with neighborhoods with a lot of money, there are people on waiting lists. >> for, like -- for people who are wealthy. >> as to the argument that it fades as the kids -- you have a couple of quality pre-k education with full day kindergarten. full day kindergarten is enormously important. some of those things the state could pick up. when i became governor that was my frontal boundary one and you put one-third of the billion dollars into pre-k and full day, and by the team i left in my eighth year pennsylvania kids finished first in the nation on the nate test in eighth grade with readers wrshgz eighth grade. we started out in year one, and our eighth graders that went through pre-k and full day kindergarten, and for us with all of the english as second language cities that we have for us to be number one in reading was extraordinary, and it came from an investment. that investment has to go all wait through, and you
the private sector actually just doesn't produce enough of it for the people that want it. forget about getting people that are outside of it. in new york city with neighborhoods with a lot of money, there are people on waiting lists. >> for, like -- for people who are wealthy. >> as to the argument that it fades as the kids -- you have a couple of quality pre-k education with full day kindergarten. full day kindergarten is enormously important. some of those things the state could...
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families the whole time, not knowing what was going to happen next terrorizing your city and the region. i'm glad for your sake that this is all over. talk to me about what your cleegdz in san bernardino did. law enforcement authority, i know. >> let me just say that i couldn't be prouder of the men and women of the los angeles police department, the san bernardino sheriff deputies, the river side police department, all of whom seamlessly together to finally get and apprehend -- kill in this instance mr. dorner. look, they're going to have an after action report and investigation of how this occurred, so i'm not going to give an opinion, but i do want to remind you and the public that dorner was shooting at them with an assault weapon, and it wasnightfall was coming, and they made a decision to throw those canisters in there, and we'll look at their -- their department, i imagine, will look into it, but i think people forget that there were four innocent people killed in cold blood by christopher dorner. there were 50 people, and their families who were traumatized and terrorized. i tal
families the whole time, not knowing what was going to happen next terrorizing your city and the region. i'm glad for your sake that this is all over. talk to me about what your cleegdz in san bernardino did. law enforcement authority, i know. >> let me just say that i couldn't be prouder of the men and women of the los angeles police department, the san bernardino sheriff deputies, the river side police department, all of whom seamlessly together to finally get and apprehend -- kill in...
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one of these were to explode over a big city, that's the he said of the big city. i can't express this enough. so we could as human kind get together and go looking for these things. these things are going so fast, the atmosphere is just like concrete. >> i wanted our viewers to see this again because it really is so incredible when you look at the video and the sound there. is there any risk when you talk about the astroid getting so close to earth that the same thing could happen? >> this? oh, no. if that astroid would hit the earth that we're talking about today that's getting close, there would be significantly more damage than this. and, no, it is not going to happen. it does not get that close. it does get inside the big ring that we have, 22,000 miles in space. but if you take a look, if you make a sphere of that ring, you're talking about 8 million square miles of area out there and only just a few things to hit. we'll be just fine. the earth is in good shape and so are all the satellites. the odds are not zero, but i could probably win the lottery instead.
one of these were to explode over a big city, that's the he said of the big city. i can't express this enough. so we could as human kind get together and go looking for these things. these things are going so fast, the atmosphere is just like concrete. >> i wanted our viewers to see this again because it really is so incredible when you look at the video and the sound there. is there any risk when you talk about the astroid getting so close to earth that the same thing could happen?...
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the "one billion rising" campaign staged rallies, dances and vigils in dozens of major cities. the events were held to coincide with valentine's day. the united nations has estimated that one of every three women worldwide, is raped or beaten in the course of a lifetime. a long-time leader in american a new implantable device that restores some vision in the blind won approval today in the united states. the food and drug administration agreed to allow use of the argus 2 retinal prosthesis. it uses electrodes in the retina that receives signals from a wireless camera on a pair of glasses. initially the device will help small numbers, but it may ultimately treat vision disorders in millions. a long-time leader in american foods-- heinz is being sold to a group that includes warren buffett. the $23.3 billion deal announced today will make heinz a privately held company. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average lost nine points to close at 13,973. the nasdaq rose a point to close at 3,198. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: there
the "one billion rising" campaign staged rallies, dances and vigils in dozens of major cities. the events were held to coincide with valentine's day. the united nations has estimated that one of every three women worldwide, is raped or beaten in the course of a lifetime. a long-time leader in american a new implantable device that restores some vision in the blind won approval today in the united states. the food and drug administration agreed to allow use of the argus 2 retinal...
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john: steph the website for the festival the traverse city festival is traverse cityfilmfest.org. i'll be there tomorrow. i'm performing with alan haidi tomorrow morning and doing the set lists show late tomorrow night. if you're in the midwest you better come to traverse city. stephanie: i ran into him in the airport. chicago sexy liberal get tickets. stay tuned. right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ theme ♪ stephanie: hello, current tv hour number two. jacki sheckner, health care geek. >> yes. stephanie: here is something heart attack grill mascot patient john allman dies of... >> heart attack. >> wait, heart attack? >> the heart attack grill in las vegas. >> oh oh, it's called the heart attack grill. stephanie: he's their mascot, because he went there every day. >> what is the heart attack grill mascot look like? stephanie: a guy that would eat every day at the heart attack. it holds the world's record for most calories in a burger. he would visit on a daily basis and stood outside for hours trying to convince others to enter. >> 10,000-calories and all you need is a
john: steph the website for the festival the traverse city festival is traverse cityfilmfest.org. i'll be there tomorrow. i'm performing with alan haidi tomorrow morning and doing the set lists show late tomorrow night. if you're in the midwest you better come to traverse city. stephanie: i ran into him in the airport. chicago sexy liberal get tickets. stay tuned. right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ theme ♪ stephanie: hello, current tv hour number two. jacki sheckner,...
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the b.m. -- b.l.m. field office was included. the city office serves north and south dakota. without the dakotas included. north and south dakota permits are excluded from this program. permitting to drill on federal lands has exceeded 225 days for the past four years when state permits on non-federal lands take only 10 days to process. with the passage of this bill, more land will be open to a program that seeks to reduce this sluggish pace and oil and natural gas explorers will have more work to do sooner. beyond the mediate benefits of this bill, i hope it begins a conversation of more extensive reform to the permitting process. the oil and gas revolution in the united states has the potential to lead us out of this economic slump. i believe america's national security and america's economic security are tied directly to america's energy security. and i urge my colleagues to pass this bill as my friends work to pass the same legislation in the senate. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. mr. gohmert: mr. speaker, i want to follow up on what my friend, mr. franks, was
the b.m. -- b.l.m. field office was included. the city office serves north and south dakota. without the dakotas included. north and south dakota permits are excluded from this program. permitting to drill on federal lands has exceeded 225 days for the past four years when state permits on non-federal lands take only 10 days to process. with the passage of this bill, more land will be open to a program that seeks to reduce this sluggish pace and oil and natural gas explorers will have more work...
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for instance, the los angeles city council approved a 25 year $1.5 billion project to buy a solar power produced at the indian nation in the southern nevada desert. when it goes online in 2016, it will be the largest solar power plant on tribal land. capturing race to power over 118,000 los angeles homes. in addition to the plan itself, over 900,000 solar panels will be built on a reservation, creating more jobs in industries that tomorrow. one way to ensure projects like this is to promote fair, equitable tax policy. like all government, tribes must collect and manage their own taxes. right now, tribal governments don't have the same taxing authority by states. a flock of governments, we will continue working with federal partners to fix these policies have the economies grow and become a source of strength and her family of nations. sovereignty is how we secure communities and how they can secure nations and how we will secure future. this is our greatest challenge. a quarter of people in poverty, traced the national average and while the country as a whole struggles with an unemploym
for instance, the los angeles city council approved a 25 year $1.5 billion project to buy a solar power produced at the indian nation in the southern nevada desert. when it goes online in 2016, it will be the largest solar power plant on tribal land. capturing race to power over 118,000 los angeles homes. in addition to the plan itself, over 900,000 solar panels will be built on a reservation, creating more jobs in industries that tomorrow. one way to ensure projects like this is to promote...
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. >> reporter: one of the themes, this is lite brix. you can build a city and these l.e.d.s. there's something here for girls and it's sunset island. kits range from $19.99 up to $99.99. another big category, things that use apps. for example, the i-potty. >> it's about keeping the kid occupied. sometimes they have to sit there for a while. >> reporter: and it retails for? >> $39.99. >> reporter: something neat from fisher price. create and learn. this is where your ipad goes. you get a pack of alphabet cards. look what happens when you put them in the back. when you touch the apple, the apple does things. really great for kids. under $40, coming in august. this is digital dress barbie. so look at this, she has an l.e.d. dress. you can draw on the dress, bring up letters on the dress. you can play your favorite music and watch the colors on the dress. so this is coming out not until august and it's going to be under $50. he's sleeping right now, but i'm just going to wake him up. and now he's awake. he does a couple of neat tricks. zoomer, play dead. so zoomer is under $100 a
. >> reporter: one of the themes, this is lite brix. you can build a city and these l.e.d.s. there's something here for girls and it's sunset island. kits range from $19.99 up to $99.99. another big category, things that use apps. for example, the i-potty. >> it's about keeping the kid occupied. sometimes they have to sit there for a while. >> reporter: and it retails for? >> $39.99. >> reporter: something neat from fisher price. create and learn. this is where...
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in the city. so what i've also done is say, let's give every child across america access to high-quality public preschool. every child. not just some. [ applause ] every dollar we put in early childhood education can save $7 down the road by increasing graduation rates, reducing violent crime, reducing the welfare roles, making sure that folks who have work, now they are paying taxes, all this stuff pays back huge dividends, if we make the investment. so let's make this happen. let's make sure every child has the chance they deserve. as kids go through school, we'll recruit new math and science teachers to make sure that they have the skills that the future demands. we'll help more people in low-income neighborhoods get summer jobs. we'll redesign our high schools and encourage kids to stay in high school so the diploma they get leads to a good job once they graduate. [ applause ] right here in chicago, five new schools have partnered with community colleges to prepare our kids with the skills tha
in the city. so what i've also done is say, let's give every child across america access to high-quality public preschool. every child. not just some. [ applause ] every dollar we put in early childhood education can save $7 down the road by increasing graduation rates, reducing violent crime, reducing the welfare roles, making sure that folks who have work, now they are paying taxes, all this stuff pays back huge dividends, if we make the investment. so let's make this happen. let's make sure...
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and your counties and cities do that across the board -- spending reductions generally, they do it with flexibility to the different departments can re reprogrammed-and replace and adjusted. that's the way it should be. host: from twitter -- guest: the keystone xl pipeline is a good point. it has been awhile since the president has delayed a decision on keystone. as bipartisan support and the governor of nebraska has said let's get this rolling and keystone is a great idea. that would be a great first start. permitting some oil exploration and drilling and development is another one in that same sector. you can look at what has happened in north dakota with the amount of drilling and production. another thing the president could do today that would lead to job growth is look at his federal agencies. the federal regulatory agencies have 291,000 employees. 291,000 employees. last year, they issued 4000 new regulations which are thousands of pages of instructions and the federal register. that -- he needs to for -- it makes it impossible for new regulations. he should allow a review and ge
and your counties and cities do that across the board -- spending reductions generally, they do it with flexibility to the different departments can re reprogrammed-and replace and adjusted. that's the way it should be. host: from twitter -- guest: the keystone xl pipeline is a good point. it has been awhile since the president has delayed a decision on keystone. as bipartisan support and the governor of nebraska has said let's get this rolling and keystone is a great idea. that would be a...
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police say the number of unregulated rides in the city is up. town car and limo drivers are not allowed to pick up passengers on the street unless they were scheduled ahead of time. police are currently looking for at least two drivers who sexually assaulted female passengers and in one case, the woman got kicked several times after a dispute over money. >> he tried to tell me to get out of the car. i said not until i get my change and he took off. i was about halfway in, halfway out of the car. my legs were out. >> in is similar sting last year -- in a similar sting last year, police handed out over 800 citations. with the $200 police say it's not stopping many of those drivers. >>> if you have an idea for a ktvu special report, send your tip to i-reports at ktvu.com. >>> 8:08. san jose city college is off probation. the 91-year-old school was put on probation three years ago but the acreditting commission for community and junior colleges. the commission says since that time, the college has shown it has corrected problems with financial manag
police say the number of unregulated rides in the city is up. town car and limo drivers are not allowed to pick up passengers on the street unless they were scheduled ahead of time. police are currently looking for at least two drivers who sexually assaulted female passengers and in one case, the woman got kicked several times after a dispute over money. >> he tried to tell me to get out of the car. i said not until i get my change and he took off. i was about halfway in, halfway out of...
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get the nokia lumia 822 in red for free and discover all the things to do on the go with city lens. or the droid razr m by motorola in pink for $49.99. everything droid does in an edge-to-edge display. hurry in, because the sale ends february 20th. powerful devices. powerful network. verizon. bill: it is 10:30 in new york. new developments now in the standoff between republicans and the white house. after the president's pick for secretary of defense was blocked late yesterday, delaying the confirmation of the former senator chuck hagel. our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel back live on the hill. mike, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. bill: what is the feeling, the sense now among democrats after the hagel vote there? >> reporter: well, bill, it was fascinating. there was a full-court press yesterday trying to get to 60 votes with utah republican senator voting president, orrin hatch they had 58. former republican senator chuck hagel will have to wait longer. he will get an uptown vote after next week's senate recess. the majority leader sounded frustrat
get the nokia lumia 822 in red for free and discover all the things to do on the go with city lens. or the droid razr m by motorola in pink for $49.99. everything droid does in an edge-to-edge display. hurry in, because the sale ends february 20th. powerful devices. powerful network. verizon. bill: it is 10:30 in new york. new developments now in the standoff between republicans and the white house. after the president's pick for secretary of defense was blocked late yesterday, delaying the...
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>> chick-fil-a, i think. >> good morning, it's 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 a.m. on the west coast. it's time to wake up as you take a live look at new york city. welcome back to "morning joe." back with us on set, we have ed rendell and richard haas along with willie geist and me. and in washington, andrea mitchell. >> i've always had a thing about cruises. >> same here. we've talked about it. but i've got to say, i've got to say, here's the great news. >> please. yeah? >> the great news is that because of the problems with this cruise line, everything else, all other news in the world stopped. >> right. >> like if you looked at cnn yesterday afternoon, the killing in syria, it came to an end. >> it did. it was not -- >> yesterday on capitol hill, republicans and democrats hugged. the whole idea of an historic hold on the secretary of defense, they said, you know what, let's just put this to the side because of this cruise ship debacle. i mean, mika, all of the things we worry about -- the national debt clock stopped. >> well, basically, the world stopped. >> we don't have to worry
>> chick-fil-a, i think. >> good morning, it's 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 a.m. on the west coast. it's time to wake up as you take a live look at new york city. welcome back to "morning joe." back with us on set, we have ed rendell and richard haas along with willie geist and me. and in washington, andrea mitchell. >> i've always had a thing about cruises. >> same here. we've talked about it. but i've got to say, i've got to say, here's the great news....
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because new york city, of course, has some of the most expensive real estate in the world. if you're going to be a hedge fund guy or highly compensated employee here in new york city, you'll live in a nice place, it will cost you an arm and a leg. down there, there are some deals to be had. >> that's exactly it. we're looking at the average median home price here in the miami area, $150,000 right now. that's according to trullia. the average apartment in manhattan right now, $1.1 million. i don't care if you're making 200,000, 500,000, $5 million, that's real dollars and cents. that's why we're seeing a lot of these hedge funds and finance firms and brokerage houses and frankly, regular businesses that are saying, i don't need to do business in the tri-state area. i'm going to go somewhere like florida. also there is texas as well. texas is getting a lot of businesses that are leaving other parts of the country because frankly, the tax situation has gotten so dour, for many of us, that this is the trend we're seeing. the fox investigation in miami of all places, it's been f
because new york city, of course, has some of the most expensive real estate in the world. if you're going to be a hedge fund guy or highly compensated employee here in new york city, you'll live in a nice place, it will cost you an arm and a leg. down there, there are some deals to be had. >> that's exactly it. we're looking at the average median home price here in the miami area, $150,000 right now. that's according to trullia. the average apartment in manhattan right now, $1.1 million....
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city leaders are publically hailing the visit. some worry it will be a grand gesture without leading to more legislation. obama is walking a fine line between getting gun laws throughges and appeasing gun advocates and lobbying groups. during yesterday's google hangout, he admitted he does not think we should ban handguns only assault weapons and he wants to come up with a package that will reduce gun violence without losing second amendment rights. democrats are proposing al bull to avoid the sequester march 1st. it would raise $55,000,000,000 by taxing those making more than a million dollars a year. republicans not surprisingly expected to reject that. more bill press is coming up after the break. stay with us. we have a big big hour and the iq will go way up. (vo) current tv gets the converstion started weekdays at 9am eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. (vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visu
city leaders are publically hailing the visit. some worry it will be a grand gesture without leading to more legislation. obama is walking a fine line between getting gun laws throughges and appeasing gun advocates and lobbying groups. during yesterday's google hangout, he admitted he does not think we should ban handguns only assault weapons and he wants to come up with a package that will reduce gun violence without losing second amendment rights. democrats are proposing al bull to avoid the...